Travel Blogs from Batu Ferringhi

... and was a massive one as well. It sold alarm clocks, designer bags and more hi tech stuff than we are used to seeing. After pottering around the night market, we decided to grab some food there. We ordered a mixture of dishes to share including fried rice, chicken and beef satays and chicken and lamb kebab. We were stuffed to the brim by the time we had finished but luckily the walk back to the hotel helped. With midnight approaching, Colm fell asleep (he is getting very old these ...

Rumblings have not improved, hey you are in SE Asia, live with it. This is where you go for some Chinese medicine … Had some noodles and yogurt milk for breakfast and rice porridge for lunch.

Final preparations for the flight to Penang, oh yes, that is our next destination. A taxi to the Jakarta airport and then a couple of surprises. First you line up outside the airport building as you and the luggage are screened ...

... also. The website is www.seventerraces.com so you can have a closer look and I have attached a raft of photographs also . Establishments like Seven Terrraces are cropping up all around Georgetown ,and the authentic attention to detail and respect for the historical aspect is commendable. Georgetown is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the development in some areas is quite stunning. We had our lunch at The Flamingo Hotel and it was quite a sedate ...

It's hot here in Penang. It was hot in the top end of Aus too, but here is is muggy. You sweat sitting in the shade. After two days of Georgetown, wandering around and not being able to find a pool or a beach I got up this morning and decided to move town.

I had been told of the Batu Feringghi beaches, and looked it up. "Soft White sandy beaches" and water sports said the reviews. Not the case. I don't know if it just that I'm Spoiled at home ...